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Definition: Spawn eater
Spawn
\Spawn\, n. [[root]170. See
Spawn, v. t.]
1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic
animals.
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2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
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3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground
stems.
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4. (Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from
which fungi.
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Spawn eater (Zo["o]l.), a small American cyprinoid fish
(
Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace.
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